Splash-shield.



B. S. ANDERSSON.

SPLASH SHIELD.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22. 1911.

n smwam OFFICE.

BEN'GT SALOMON ANDERSSON, 0F STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, ASSIGNOR '10 HERMAN SUNDIUS, OF STOGKHOLM, SWEDEN.

SPLASH-SHIELD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 27, 1918.

Application filed September 22, 1917. Serial No. 192,807.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, BENGT SALOMON AN- DnRssoN, a subject of the King of Sweden,

residing at Stockl1olm,-in the Kingdom of Sweden, have invented a new and useful Splash-Shield, of which the following is a specification.

The invention refers to splash-shields for automobiles and the like intended to catch the dirt splashing sidewise from the wheels so as to prevent soiling of walking persons.

The shields are detachably fastened to the springs which support the frame or chassis of the vehicle. The invention provides suitable means for such fastening. It also involves means for allowing the shields to be folded together when not in use so as to facilitate their transport and storing and means for making them suificiently stiff and rigid when in use.

Each shield may consist of a flexible strip of any suitable material fastened on a bowshaped band of wood or metal or the like, the ends of which are suspended to holders projecting from the spring adjacent to the corresponding Wheel.

On the annexed drawing- Figure 1 is side-view,

Fig. 2 a plan view and Fig. 3 a front. view of a splash-shield and its fastening means, the wheel and spring being indicated in dotted lines.

Figs. 4 and 5 show modifications of a de tail.

The suspending means consists of a hook 1 adapted to grip the inner edge of the spring and a hook 2 adapted to grip the outer edge of the spring. The shaft 3 of hook 2 is tubular and serves as guide for the shaft 4 of hook 1. The outer end of said shaft 4. is inserted in a hole in the band a, and a nut 5 is screwed on the extending end of the shaft 4:.

To prevent swinging an arm 6 is fixed to outer end of tube 3 and the band is clamped to the free end of this arm by means of nut 7 and bolt 8 as shown in Fig. 3.

In the form shown the band a is made in two parts d, g hinged together at 0 so as to allow of the shield being folded together when stored or transported.

To stiffen this joint when using the shield a tongue f provided on part 03 and overlapping the joint 0 is detachably jammed to part g by means. of nut n and bolt m as shown. Or the tongue may have a loop 0, Fig. 4., which enters a hole or slot in part 9 and a hook 1' adapted to enter said loop may be pivoted to part 9 as shown at p and may be locked in the working position by means of a wart w engaging one of a series of holes or impressions on part 9 or vice versa, the rear portion 8 of said hook. being somewhat springy so as to allow disengagement when desired. In Fig. 5 the loop is substituted by a stud or knob t having a neck or one or two offsets adapted to engage the hook.

I claim:

In a splash shield for automobiles of the character described, the combination of a bi-partite band having its parts hingedly connected, a tongue on one of the parts overlapping the other, a bolt and nut for connecting both parts, a hook adapted to grip over the inner edge and a hook adapted to grip over the outer edge of the automobile spring, a tubular shaft on one of said hooks, a shaft on the second hook guided within said tubular shaft and entering through a hole of one of said parts and a nut for securing both shafts to the band, substantially as described.

BENGT SALOMON ANDERSSON.

\Vitnesses:

R. AMILoN, L. ANDERSON.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

- Washington, D. 03 

